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- The film was criticized for normalizing child grooming based on a plot point that depicts the canine main character being forced to have his genitals fondled by a dog show judge without consent. In the film, other characters "teach" him not to think about it and to go to his "happy place" when that happens.
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May 23, 2018 · Global Road Entertainment is cutting two scenes from the family comedy “Show Dogs” over concerns about a scene where a dog is comfortable with strangers touching his genitals.
May 23, 2018 · Show Dogs, directed by Raja Gosnell, hit theaters on May 18—and it did not take long for the controversy to gain traction. Complaints were kicked off by family film blogger Terina Maldonado, who...
May 23, 2018 · UPDATE, 4:30 p.m. CT: In response to growing criticism of the film, production company Global Road says it will re-cut Show Dogs to remove the scenes critics say send a harmful message to...
- Sam Barsanti
- Too Much Emphasis on Touching Private Parts
- An Apology to Parents
- Parents Say It Echoes of Pedophilia Tactics and Grooming
- Just A Bad Movie
Maldonado attended with her husband, mother and three kids ages, 8, 5 and 2. The movie was silly fun until near the end, she said. The first troubling scene comes when Frank (Will Arnett) tells the dog Max (Ludacris) he needs to get used to getting his privates touched— which is a part of any inspection in a dog show. A second scene in the movie sh...
Show Dogsproduction company, Global Road Entertainment, apologized to parents in a news release Tuesday. "It has come to our attention that there have been online discussion and concern about a particular scene in Show Dogs, a family comedy that is rated PG. The dog show judging in this film is depicted completely accurately as done at shows around...
Still, other parents have joined Maldonado in saying that the film carries a message of inappropriate touching. Some parents go as far as calling the scenes pedophilia grooming. Common Sense Media, a media watchdog group, recommends the show for ages 8 and older. The website references the plot point about the dog's examinationsaying, it could "str...
Yet parents may want to avoid Show Dogs for another reason. Critics are calling Show Dogsa stinker. And this is for a movie where expectations weren't even that high. For critic Barbara VanDenburgh, of The Arizona Republicthere is no audience for which this movie is appropriate.
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May 23, 2018 · Filmmakers behind the new children's movie "Show Dogs" have announced that the film will be further edited to appease critics who have deemed it inappropriate for younger audience members. Amid outrage that dog show judging scenes depict one canine telling another that he should be comfortable having his genitals touched, Global Road ...
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May 24, 2018 · In May 2018, the production company for the movie Show Dogs apologized and cut two scenes after a social media backlash spurred by family-oriented bloggers who accused the film of depicting...
May 24, 2018 · Following widespread outrage over a perceived message on the grooming of children and sexual abuse, "Show Dogs" has announced in a statement to InsideEdition.com that they will be removing the...
